(Photo courtesy of WCOP TV 9) William
Everhart, 35, of Celestial Avenue in Jacksonburg, OH was charged with allowing
animal fighting on Friday, July 18th, after he was pulled over
by Middletown Police. He was found to be in possession of five caged roosters
and several items used for cockfighting.

Middletown
Police stated that they confiscated the five roosters, two boxes of metal
talons, several beak protectors, steroids, vitamins, a fight schedule and
a T-shirt picturing two roosters that read ‘Death Before Dishonor’.

Everhart
was booked into the Middletown City Jail for animal fighting which is a fourth-degree
misdemeanor.

Update
7/29/06:

Police initially pulled
Everhart over because they believed he was dealing drugs. When they
looked in the bac ofhis van they found the rooster.

Everhart when arrested
was wearing a T-shirt that was also confiscated because it had 2 roosteron
it and it said "Deaht Before Dishonor".

The birds, whose are
estimated to be of value of up to $15,000 will be kept as evidence until the
case goes to court. It is believed they will be euthanized as you cannot
put fighting animals on a farm and expect that everything will work out.

(One of the confiscated roosters and the box carriers
they were in, Photos courtesy of WCOP TV9)